http://kathleenparis.com/home/blog en kathleen@kathleenparis.com Copyright 2010 2010-08-09T17:08:54+00:00 http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/moving-peoples-desks-every-year/ http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/moving-peoples-desks-every-year/#When:17:08:54Z Employees change desks each year for stronger teamwork at Care.com. Best practices, Change management, Collaboration, Communication, Employee engagement, Healthy workplaces, Human resources, Leadership, Management 2010-08-09T17:08:54+00:00 http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/reviewer-focuses-on-interdependence/ http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/reviewer-focuses-on-interdependence/#When:14:25:42Z In his review of Staying Healthy in Sick Organizations: The Clover Practice™,  UK Consultant Philip Whiteley seized on “Declare Your Interdependence.”   Best practices, Business communication, Change management, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict resolution, Decision-making, Healthy workplaces, Honesty, Leadership 2010-07-07T14:25:42+00:00 http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/three-secrets-to-implementing-your-strategic-plan/ http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/three-secrets-to-implementing-your-strategic-plan/#When:16:38:33Z Three Secrets for a Successful Strategic Planning ProcessI have facilitated close to 200 strategic planning processes. Here are three secrets for a successful strategic planning process. Also you can join me for a webinar “Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan” on Thursday, June 17, 12:00-1:15 p.m. CDT. The Magna Publications program is aimed at higher education, but the techniques are applicable to any organization. Best practices, Change management, Decision-making, Employee engagement, Leadership, Management, Strategic planning, Transparency, Facilitation 2010-06-14T16:38:33+00:00 http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/collaboration-in-action/ http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/collaboration-in-action/#When:19:41:47Z Collaboration in Action We have an opportunity to get up to speed on today’s most pressing leadership and human productivity issues. Human resource leaders in the Madison area are collaborating to offer a day of hot topics  as part of a larger conference of the IPMA-HR Central regional conference. This collaborative learning event takes place on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at the Madison Marriott West. (The full IPMA-HR event runs June 6-9.) Best practices, Business communication, Collaboration, Employee engagement, Healthy workplaces, Honesty, Human resources, Leadership, Management, Nonprofit, Strategic planning, Stress, Transparency 2010-06-04T19:41:47+00:00 http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/the-power-of-an-apology/ http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/the-power-of-an-apology/#When:18:45:58Z I was furious. My 83 year old mother had arrived at the hospital via ambulance. She was having trouble breathing and chest pains. Her thin body was trembling and her words were slurred. Anger, Communication, Forgiveness, Patient Care, Stress 2010-04-27T18:45:58+00:00 http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/how-is-the-collaboration-going/ http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/how-is-the-collaboration-going/#When:19:34:42Z Thanks to the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, you can measure for free how well collaboration is going.   Best practices, Change management, Collaboration, Decision-making, Healthy workplaces, Leadership, Management, Nonprofit, Strategic planning 2010-04-18T19:34:42+00:00 http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/be-a-better-leader-take-notes/ http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/be-a-better-leader-take-notes/#When:16:51:27Z The most powerful leadership strategies are also the most simple. Here is one of those simple things: Take notes!  If you have time to make a grocery list, you have time to jot down a few things you noticed today.   Best practices, Business communication, Change management, Decision-making, Employee engagement, Healthy workplaces, Honesty, Leadership, Management, Process improvement, Transparency 2010-03-28T16:51:27+00:00 http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/employee-engagement-we-have-to-talk-to-each-other/ http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/employee-engagement-we-have-to-talk-to-each-other/#When:02:31:59Z Even with only 29% of Americans saying they are engaged in their work, it can still be a hard sell to get organizations to question how their employees feel about working for them and how engaged they are in the work of the enterprise. Employee engagement 2010-03-25T02:31:59+00:00 http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/bringing-your-strategic-plan-to-life-a-communiversity-session/ http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/bringing-your-strategic-plan-to-life-a-communiversity-session/#When:16:54:18Z A strategic plan can be a powerful and energizing force uniting members of a nonprofit organization in working together toward shared aims. What distinguishes plans that are engines for growth and improvement from those that mainly stay on the shelf? On Monday, March 8, I shared research conducted on the UW-Madison campus which identifies several factors that correlate highly with successful execution of a plan. We discussed tools that ranged across developing the plan and evaluating it, communicating the plan, implementing, and budgeting. Melinda V. Heinritz, Executive Director, Wisconsin Historical Foundation, shared planning approaches that have resulted in significant gains for her organization. The Communiversity Session was sponsored by the UW Center for Nonprofits. I will send you the handout, just contact me at kathleen@kathleenparis.com. Strategic planning 2010-02-28T16:54:18+00:00 http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/until-we-get-our-act-together/ http://kathleenparis.com/home/articles/until-we-get-our-act-together/#When:20:53:57Z It’s an old fashioned approach to think we have to know all the answers before we are willing to communicate with clients, colleagues, customers or stakeholders. Inviting them to contribute to solutions is respectful and appreciative. This open approach is also very likely to shed useful light on the problem itself.   Best practices, Business communication, Change management, Decision-making, Employee engagement, Healthy workplaces, Honesty, Leadership, Management, Strategic planning, Transparency, Facilitation 2009-10-04T20:53:57+00:00